hoisin pork ribs

I love hoisin sauce and don’t use it often enough, so when I thought of making ribs the other day I remembered the two jars of hoisin in the pantry I’d recently stocked up on. This sauce was delicious but I think I’ll try adding some ginger and maybe a few chilli flakes next time. Also most of the recipes I came across online included 5 spice powder, which I have yet to come across here. I think with a base of hoisin, soy and rice wine vinegar – I added the white wine just to thin it out a bit – you can easily play around and adapt it with whatever else you like (or happen to have in the kitchen). Very sticky, super tasty.

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baked chicken wings

This recipe is from my friend Lizzie Mabbott (aka @Hollow_Legs). To be honest, I’ve never been much of a wings fan because I usually find them too greasy, so this baked version was a revelation. Lizzie has put up a couple of different versions of these on her Instagram, using either a spicy, sweet and tangy Korean sauce, or a rich sweet Hoisin sauce. I have made them a few times now and really just use whatever sweet-spicy sauce happens to be around. The important part is baking the wings and the great part is that they are super easy to make. Here’s how.

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